Software Engineer, Ontology
Fluidstack2 months ago
Austin, TX, USA +3 moreMid Level
H1B sponsor
Base Salary
$224k - $279k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design and build CMDB systems serving as the authoritative source for infrastructure assets, topology, and configuration data.
- Develop DCIM platforms for rack operations, server and GPU deployment, OS installation, quality assurance, and white-screen operations.
- Create asset lifecycle management systems covering receiving, racking, inventory, break-fix, and decommissioning workflows.
- Build monitoring, observability, alarming, incident management, logging, and debugging capabilities across BMS, EPMS, and IT devices.
- Develop self-service portals, workflow automation, orchestration systems, digital twin visualizations, dashboards, and vendor integrations.
- Collaborate with engineering, operations, data center, security, product, support, and business stakeholders to define and deliver scalable solutions.
- Evaluate build-versus-buy decisions, participate in architecture reviews, conduct code reviews, document systems, and share technical knowledge.
- Design fault-tolerant systems capable of handling thousands of QPS and own projects through deployment and production readiness.
Requirements
- At least 3 years of professional software development experience building production systems.
- Strong programming skills in Python, Go, or similar languages and knowledge of system design patterns.
- Experience with RESTful APIs, data models, distributed systems, relational and NoSQL databases, Docker, Terraform, and Ansible.
- Understanding of CI/CD workflows, networking fundamentals including TCP/IP, DNS, and HTTP, and Linux/Unix environments.
- Strong problem-solving, scalability, reliability, operational, and communication skills.
- Experience with CMDB or asset management platforms such as NetBox or Device42.
- Background in infrastructure automation, DevOps, or platform engineering.
- Familiarity with Temporal, Airflow, or Camunda and monitoring stacks such as Prometheus, Grafana, or OpenTelemetry.
- Knowledge of time-series databases, data visualization, ITSM frameworks such as ITIL, and service management practices.
- Experience in data center operations, facilities management, or physical infrastructure is valued.
- Contributions to open-source infrastructure projects are valued.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.
Benefits
- Competitive total compensation package including salary and equity, with possible restricted stock units.
- Retirement or pension plan in line with local norms.
- Health, dental, and vision insurance.
- Generous paid time off policy in line with local norms.
About Fluidstack
Fluidstack provides on-demand GPU cloud infrastructure for AI training and inference, offering dedicated clusters of NVIDIA H200 and GB200 systems. The company sells compute capacity and managed clusters to AI labs, enterprises, and public-sector teams that need high-throughput workloads. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in New York, it is privately held.